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Fm.LoW-SoLDIERS  OF  T1IK   lsi    RCGIMCNT  Tk.XAS    MoVNTED  KlH.KMEX: 

Your  country  needs  your  services  longer.  Shall  she  have  them: 
is  the  question  for  you  to  decide  Will  juO  respond  to  her  second 
call  upon  ym  ;is  promptly  and  nobly  as  you  did  to  the  first:  or 
will  you  leave  her  ranks  in  the  midst  of  her  darkest  hour  of  trial.' 
My  own  lie nt  answers  for  you.  that  you  will  not  abandon  her  flag 
at  this  hour,  and  that  you  will  re-en  list  immediately.  Should 
you  do  so,  your  term  of  service  will  be  for  two  years  from  the  ex- 
piration of  your  pteseut  term  of  twelve  months'.  You  will  be 
continued  as  mounted  Riflemen,  and  be  permitted  to  retain  the 
arms  you  now  have,  and  each  non-com  missioned  <  fhcer  and  sol- 
dier will  be  entiled  to  $00  bounty,  and  a  furlough  not  to  exceed 
60  days,  to  l»e  regulated  by  circumstances.  Should  enough  men 
re-enlist  in  each  company  to  authorize  it  to  re-organize,  and 
enough  companies  ie-Mgnniz-  to  form  a  legiment,  or  battalion, 
you  will  have  the  right  to  elect  all  your  commissioned  officers. 
Having  f.erved  with  them  twelve  months'  you  ought  to  make  good 
selections.  The  War  Department  declines  to  give  the  guarantte 
that  I  asked  for  the  regiment,  (which  was,  that  it  should  not  be 
kept  on  the  frontier,  but  be  permitted  to  go  into  the  field  where 
fighting  will  be  done.)  hut  says,  that  its  services  may  be  required 
in  anothar  section  of  the  country.  The  State  regiment  will  be 
kept  on  the  frontier,  which  will  be  sufficient  for  its  protection, 
while  they  act  on  the  defensive,  which  is  necessary,  at  least  while 
the  war  continues.  Hence,  it  is  my  opinion,  that  the  regiment  to 
which  you  belong  will  not  be  needed  there,  and  of  course,  will  not 
be  kept  where  their  services  are  not  necessary.  It  is  reported,  and 
believed,  that  1  have  been  appointed  Brigadier-General.  If  so,  I 
hope  to  go  where  there  is  a  foe  to  meet  upon  the  battle  field,  and 
if  so  permitted,  and  you  are  in  the  service,  I  shall  ask  the  Gov- 
ernment to  let  you  go  with  me  as  a  portion  of  my  permanent  brig- 
ade.    We  commenced   together,  among  the  very  first  soldiers  in 


this  war.     My  heart,  soul,  body,  home,  wife,  children   ull  are  in  it. 
The  blood  of  my  brother,   who   was   to  me  the  dearest  being  <>n 
has  been  shed  in  it,  and  F  intend  to  remain  in  it  until  peace 
o  that  brother,    fall  in  the  defense  of  my  country. 

I  call  upon  you,  as  my  companions  in  arms,  to  remain  in  the  ser- 
vice with  me,  until  we  see  our  euemi-  s  vanquished  and  our  coun- 
try free.  Our  cause  is  just  ;  and  if  we  will  do  our  duty  God  will 
give  us  success.  Not  being  able  to  be  with  you,  Lieutenant-Colo- 
nel Frost  is  entrusted  with  the  re  enlistment  and  re-organization 
of  the  troops.  He  understands  his  duty,  and  will  do  it  firmly  and 
kindly,  under  the  Orders  from  the  War  Department. 

H.  E.  McCulloch, 
Col.  1st  Kegt.  T.  M.  Rifles,  0.  S.  P.  Army. 


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